Aster Q. Perkins (@q__perkins) 's Twitter Profile
Aster Q. Perkins

@q__perkins

they/them | Postdoc @NYU_CNS in @constan_lab | Views my own

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calendar_today07-02-2019 01:39:15

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Sinai Student Workers-UAW (@sswuaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🤜🤛Postdocs and graduate student workers are uniting for a brighter future! ✨ Judit (Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW) and Kayla (Sinai Student Workers-UAW) support both unions because Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai postdocs and grad student workers deserve better working conditions and wages!

🤜🤛Postdocs and graduate student workers are uniting for a brighter future! ✨ Judit (<a href="/spocuaw/">Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW</a>) and Kayla (<a href="/SSWUAW/">Sinai Student Workers-UAW</a>) support both unions because <a href="/IcahnMountSinai/">Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai</a> postdocs and grad student workers deserve better working conditions and wages!
Sinai Student Workers-UAW (@sswuaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Together, we’re a force to be reckoned with! 🤝💪 We’ve united with Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW to highlight some of the positive changes we’re fighting for Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai like protections for international researchers and improving work-life balance ⚖️ #ChangeMakers #Unity

Together, we’re a force to be reckoned with! 🤝💪 We’ve united with <a href="/spocuaw/">Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW</a> to highlight some of the positive changes we’re fighting for <a href="/IcahnMountSinai/">Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai</a> like protections for international researchers and improving work-life balance ⚖️ #ChangeMakers #Unity
McGinty Neuroeconomics Lab (@mcgintyneuro) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🥂Out this week in Nature Neuroscience with Shira Lupkin🥂: Our study on how values are represented in populations of primate orbitofrontal neurons, and how these value signals are “read out” downstream to influence economic choices. Read it here ➡️ rdcu.be/dqpBZ

Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW (@spocuaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After more than a year of negotiations, our elected bargaining committee has called for an Unfair Labor Practices strike starting on December 6th to protest Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's unlawful behavior.

After more than a year of negotiations, our elected bargaining committee has called for an Unfair Labor Practices strike starting on December 6th to protest <a href="/IcahnMountSinai/">Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai</a>'s unlawful behavior.
Erin Rich (@erinlrich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excited to share some new results, out just in time for the tail end of SfN! This is our dive into social neuroscience, led by @JoeSimonIV

Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW (@spocuaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In response to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's unlawful behavior and failure to reach a timely agreement, today we delivered a notice to the Sinai administration that we will start our #ULPstrike on December 6, 2023 at 9am. #FairContractNow #ShutItDown #14DaysToGo ✊ 📸 @peacemakerhuynh

In response to <a href="/IcahnMountSinai/">Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai</a>'s unlawful behavior and failure to reach a timely agreement, today we delivered a notice to the Sinai administration that we will start our #ULPstrike on December 6, 2023 at 9am. #FairContractNow #ShutItDown #14DaysToGo ✊

📸 @peacemakerhuynh
Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW (@spocuaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The minimum postdoc salary Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is $58,661 and has not increased since Dec 31, 2018. In the 5 years since, inflation increased massively. Sinai continues to propose compensation levels that don't keep up with inflation. #StrikeReady #7DaysToGo ✊

The minimum postdoc salary <a href="/IcahnMountSinai/">Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai</a> is $58,661 and has not increased since Dec 31, 2018. In the 5 years since, inflation increased massively. Sinai continues to propose compensation levels that don't keep up with inflation. #StrikeReady #7DaysToGo ✊
Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW (@spocuaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our strike Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai begins in 3 days! The picket line starts at 9 am, followed by our Kick-Off Rally at E 99th and Madison Ave at 10 am, featuring NYC elected and community allies. Please join us if you can! ✊

Our strike <a href="/IcahnMountSinai/">Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai</a> begins in 3 days! The picket line starts at 9 am, followed by our Kick-Off Rally at E 99th and Madison Ave at 10 am, featuring NYC elected and community allies. Please join us if you can! ✊
Sinai Student Workers-UAW (@sswuaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Come join us today @ 12pm or tomorrow @ 6pm to discuss our campaign’s progress and learn how we as student workers can support Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW during their upcoming strike. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/e/…

Come join us today @ 12pm or tomorrow @ 6pm to discuss our campaign’s progress and learn how we as student workers can support <a href="/spocuaw/">Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW</a> during their upcoming strike. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/e/…
Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW (@spocuaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Postdocs will keep fighting for equity @icahnmountsinai! It's been incredible to have support from so many of our @uaw siblings! One day longer, One day stronger 💪🏽 #OnStrike for #AFairContract

Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW (@spocuaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our schedule for Strike Week 2! 🌅From 9am-1pm we'll be engaging community allies and urging Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai leadership to bargain in good faith. 🌆Then, come out to the picket line 1pm-5pm for the afternoon picket shift.

Our schedule for Strike Week 2!
🌅From 9am-1pm we'll be engaging community allies and urging <a href="/IcahnMountSinai/">Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai</a> leadership to bargain in good faith.
🌆Then, come out to the picket line 1pm-5pm for the afternoon picket shift.
Zach Zeisler (@zachzeisler1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our comparative MAPseq study is out at Current Biology today! tl;dr: the organization of BLA projections to frontal cortex is different between macaques and mice cell.com/current-biolog…

Erin Rich (@erinlrich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For anyone like me who enjoys geeking out over behavioral tasks, our new paper is out! Also important implications for mechanisms of value-based decisions. With Aster Q. Perkins and Zach Gillis direct.mit.edu/jocn/article/d…

#StopCopCity 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 (@micahinatl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

if your political work begins & ends with presidential elections, now's the time to change that! join an org, find your lane, learn your local political landscape, figure out who's fighting, make a plan. no matter who wins, there's going to be so much work to do.

Researchers Organizing Committee at Sinai (@rocsuaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are excited to announce that a majority of Senior Researchers at Mount Sinai have signed authorization cards in support of forming our union, Researchers Organizing Committee at Sinai-UAW!

We are excited to announce that a majority of Senior Researchers at Mount Sinai have signed authorization cards in support of forming our union, Researchers Organizing Committee at Sinai-UAW!